Hairstyle voting begins!

[Tyla_Esmeraude]

I would like to add, I also think the votes might be a little biased because of artistic skill that makes the overall entry look better. I think the template should have been enforced so we focused on the hairstyles and not the artistic ability. In game it can or cannot have the same appealing effect. 2D does not always translate well to 3D. I say this as an artist myself.

[Wolfyboy]

I do wish they contained the hairstyle on the ingame models. As cool/cute as some of these may look, I don't know how well they would transition to our characters.

[ThinkPInk]

I don't get the appeal of Female #21... It's a boring side ponytail. Whoopie. Looks like I'll be rocking my current hair for awhile longer. *sigh*

Absolutely it's so bad. Anything but that please.

[Rita1989]

I hope female 16 doesn't win its way to ridiculous looking.

[Shori]

I hope female 16 doesn't win its way to ridiculous looking.

Awh
That one was almost my fave except for the straight bits of hair at the front which didnt 'fit' with the braids and messy back.
I went for number 2 which is the only hairtsyle of the lot that I would wear.

[Akama_k]

Hi guys. Good luck to everyone in the contest. Some very nice entries!
I would have liked to see some that were shown on the 2nd anniversary livestream event though, as they were great, too.

I will point out this though:
Some on the entries that made it to the finals did not follow the rules of the competition:
e.g.
male design number 20 is obviously from the minion of light in-game, so is not an original design.

Male entry number 2 with a lot of shaved and bold parts is another one.
In my entries, I decided not to do shaved parts or short male hair as it would affect one of the rules (I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one)
as it states: 'Designs with a small amount of hair, such as shaved head and mohawk designs, may not be able to be implemented for certain races'

The rules can be found here:
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...2a75287a7063da

What's the point of having a competition if the judges don't follow their own rules?

[Grimmel]

Male#16: the color is very misleading. Besides, it's so close to #15 that I don't know why they picked both.

Hello, Artist of Male Style #15 Here. While I can see why you'd think it'd be similar, I really wish SE would have posted the artists comments along with the title with the entries. #16 has a more puffy crown where as my entry #15 is more flat. There are other miniscule details that make these two styles very different.

As for my artists comment and title it was supposed to be called "The Rogue Trickster" and the comment as followed was detailing how we have very few male hairstyles that evoke that wild/rogue/vagabond/outsider flair, and that I decided to convey those choices into the hairstyle; a hairstyle I depict my main character, Loki, having whenever I play him.

I hope this helps you understand why I went for this hairstyle.

[Nep_Nep]

I really like Female number 8. That gets my vote.

[Naunet]

I absolutely adore entries #2 and #18. @_@ Really sad they're probably not going to win.

[Cidel]

I would like to add, I also think the votes might be a little biased because of artistic skill that makes the overall entry look better. I think the template should have been enforced so we focused on the hairstyles and not the artistic ability.

I came in here to say this exactly.

A couple of the male entries with the highest votes probably have that many votes simply because of the nicely drawn models that are attached to the hair. I don't think those models would have been nearly as appealing if they were on the actual given template, rather than complementing the cute and bishōnen art style of everything below the hair.